Two people were arrested as Black Lives Matter and other groups protested at the Mummers Parade Friday, according to a published report.
Several groups, including the Coalition for REAL Justice, joined the protest at 15th and Market streets, opposite City Hall, 6ABC reported. RELATED:Black Lives Matter plan to disrupt Mummers parade Police officers lined up betweenthe parade and the several dozen demonstrators, who were protesting police brutality, public school funding and other issues, according to 6ABC.
The station’s website said a 45-year-old man and a 34-year-old woman were arrested during the protest. The man was charged with disorderly conduct, while the woman with disrupting a procession. Freelance journalist and photographer Joshua Albert, who tweeted about his encounter with cops at the parade, told Metro Philly that he was also detained and released by authorities.
“I was taking photos of another protester being arrested when I was tackled to the ground, with my camera in my hand,” he said. “They cut my backpack off of me, cuffed me, placed me in the van and then 10 minutes later released me.” Metro reached out to the Philadelphia Police Department on that incident, but has yet to receive a response.
First arrest at black lives matter rally pic.twitter.com/iTJs9DR8qv
— Erin Arvedlund (@erinarvedlund) January 1, 2016
Got tackled and arrested…for taking photos.
— Joshua Scott Albert (@jpegjoshua) January 1, 2016
Cops arrested @jpegjoshua but let him go. Don’t arrest the press! #MummersParade pic.twitter.com/s2QEQ97tai
— Dana DiFilippo (@DanaDiFilippo) January 1, 2016
Arrest at Broad & Spruce. #MummersParade pic.twitter.com/Pa31FUu02j
— David Gambacorta (@dgambacorta) January 1, 2016
Protests continuing south on Broad, past the Kimmel. #MummersParade pic.twitter.com/Q5kQJeKTJV
— David Gambacorta (@dgambacorta) January 1, 2016
cops watching declarations for justice during the racist #MummersParade pic.twitter.com/AMMZprtgOq
— Michelle Loo (@mloo294) January 1, 2016